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UN TEDWTTES man@ earner-f@ BERT BENJAMIN,"OF OAK.PAEK,`ND CLEMlf/,i RNEYQCF CHICAGO7 ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS. TO INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER. COB'PANY, A CORPORATION OF NE'W' J ERSEY.

SHOCKER.

Application led July 26,

Rainey,Y May r 15, 1917,v

lf a shocker is to operate successfully and to properly set shocks in the field, the shocks must be so constructed-that thebutts thereof will be materially larger4v than the heads, tor otherwise the shock Will toppleI over when it is being set, or after it has. been set. It is also particularly desirable that thebuttof the shock have snflicient length in the direction of theline of travel of the machine to :withstand thejar of being: deposited on the ield and to set firmly on its base. -It has benv diicultwith shockers as previously constructed to regulate thesize of the shock `butts under the varyingconditions of grain, since :the `mechanism l`which Will operate rproperly .With shortgrain and Will properly positionthesheaves to form the right size of butt, would noto-perate successfully under conditions Where longergrain Was handled. The presentfinvention v has 4for its object therefore to provide means `for building shocks with the butts relatively larger than the heads.

further object is to provide a construction by means of Which the size of the shock butts may be regulatechwvhereby the` machinemay be adapted for use in all conditions oi" grain..`

A still further object isto produce a shock witha butt of suilicient length and Width to set firmly in the field.

As abo-ve stated, lthe improvement `co-vered Iby this application has been Worked out in connection with the standard type of shocker in which the shea-ves are alternately deposited upon opposite sides of a shocker cradleo'r receptacle, andin the present embodiment, the butt regulating mechanism compries a series of tines disposed adjacent the rear end of the shock receptacle.l These 1919.A Serial 'N0. 313,612.

tines are adaptedl to be engaged by the butts of the sheaves of grain as they are depositedA 1n the receptacle by thevsheaiE delivery fork, rand means has been provided `for regulating the position of these tines u-*ithrespect to each other whereby the butts of the sheaves .may be deposited at dil'erent'distances from the longitudinal center of the receptacle.v The tines are also adapted to changetlieV shape of the butts by confining them in a manner tc regulate the length of the butt of' the shock. ln the particular embodiment. illustrated,thislast result has been accom- Yplished by means of adjusta-bly mountingV the tineson a rod to which they are connectedby a screuthread adjustment. Other means Ylor adjusting the tines may of course be utilized it' desired.

We have illustrated in the accompanying drawings one embodiment of the invention, and in these drawings- Fig. 1 illust-rates a rear elevationalview .of a shocker of the standard type, provided with our improved construction;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the rearend of the shocker, shown in Fig. 1; and.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view illustratfing the mounting of thevtines.

The shocker illust-rated comprises a. frame 10 suitably mounted on carrying Wheelsll.` the iront end of the shocker being supported on a transverse support carried by the binder; the support andbinder being fully shown in Patent #1226374 f .above reyiterred to. A sheaf delivery ffork 12 is rotatably mounted'on a shaft 13 carried by vertical .standards 14 ,connected to the shocker frame, the iork being alternately reciprocable uponavertical axis 15 to the opposite sides ot the slieat receptacle 16; this construction also being fully shown and described in the patent referred to. The

sheaf receptacle 16 is provided .with a botl tom 17 pivoted on a transverse supfport 18 carried .by the shocker frame, the receptacle being upwardly and rearwardly tiltable on the support 18 'for `dunuiing the shock. Journal brackets 19 arediolted, as shown at 20, to the yl'iottom 17 of the shockreceptacle, and these brackets havejournaled therein a rotatable transverse support or pipe 21 havinga crank arm 22 preferably formed integral therewith at one end. Cotter pins are carried by the pipe 21 adjacent the brackets 19 and prevent any longitudinal lic movement of the pipe in the brackets. The pipe 2l is also provided with an upstanding lug` 24 which is norm-ally engaged by a pawl 25 and prevents the rot-ation of the pipe 21 in one direction when t-he pipe and receptacle are in shcaf receiving position. Suitable means is provided for releasing pawl 25 automatically as the receptacle is tilted, but as this construction is fully described and claimed in the Raney patent re ferred to, the details of the pawl releasing mechanism are not illustrated or described in the present application. Means also provided for limiting the rotational movement of the pipe in the opposite direction, this means comprising a pair of upwardly Y projecting studs 26 suitably secured to the 'ff thesev lugs being pipe and adapted to engage stops 27 adjustably secured by a pin and slot connection 2S to the bottom 17 of the sheaf receptacle. Ry longitudinally adjusting the stops 2i' the normal position of the pipe 2i and the tines carried thereby may be determined. n. spring 29 is secured at one end to the offset end or crank arm 22 and at its opposite end to a portion of the frame E() of the shocker, spring acting to return the pipe 2l and the tines carried thereby to its normal position after the shock has been dumped.

The construction above described is all shown in detail and described in the Rane;Y patent referred to, and therefore further description and showing of this construction in this application is believed to be unnecessary.

In the Raney patent noted, the end tines which are carried adjacent to the rear end of the receptacle, are rigidly mounted on the pipe 21, and no adjustment for these tines if; 'provided for. In the presentinstance, however, these tines are adjustably mounted and the manner of mounting and adjusting` these members will next be described.

Brackets 30 are carried by the pipe 2l adjacent its outer ends, and these brackets support a sectional transverse adjusting shaft 3l journaled in the brackets 30; a central bracket 32 is also secured to the pipe 21 and is provided with rearwardly extending lugs ii?) which also support the central portion of the shaft 3l ina manner hereinafter delscribed. In `the present embodiment of the invention four end tines are provided, two cf these tines indicated at 34: being inwardly curved and disposed nearer the longitudinal center of the pipe 21, the other two, as indicated at 35, being outwardly curved and being positioned adjacent the outer ends et the pipe. Thel tines 34 and 35 are secured :it their lower ends to sleeve members 36 slidably carried by the pipe 2i, these sleeve members having formed integral therewith rearwardly extending lugs 37, the rear ends screw-tlneadcd and mounted on the shaft 31. The shaft 3l lis in the present instance made sectional, the inner ends of the shaft sections being secured to and joined by a sleeve 38 which positioned between the rearwardly eX- tending lugs 33 carried by thejournal bracket 32, the engagement of this sleeve 38 with the lugs preventing any longitudinal movement of the shaft 3l. The shaft is screw-threaded in a manner which will next. be described in order to provide an adjustnient for the tines 34 and 35. Y

is clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 2, the left hand end of the shaft is provided, as shown at 39, witha rightV hand thread, the next threaded portion et() being threaded in the opposite direction, or having a left hand thread, the portion of the shaft to the right of the bracket 32 being provided with a. it hand thread il and thel right hand end `portion being provided with a left hand thread 42. lin other words, the shaft 81 is alternately threaded right and left, starting from the left hand end. A crank 43 is mounted on the left hand end of the shaft, and by means of thiscrank the shaft may be rotated in order to adjust the tines.

l-iiaving described the construction ofour improvements in the shocking mechanism,

we will next outline the operation of this construction. Y

From the nature of the screw threads on the shaft 3l it will be readily seen as the shaft is rotated in one direction by means of the crank 43, the tines 35 will bemoved inwardly toward the longitudinal center of the. shock receptacle, and the tines 34%. will be moved outwardly away from the longitudinal center, and as the shaft isz'rotated in the opposite direct-ion, the tines 35 will be moved outwardly and the tines 34 will be moved inwardly. As the sheaf delivery fork l2 alternately delivers the sheaves to opposite sides of the receptacle, if it is de-Y Y sired to space cr spread the butts of the sheaves jin order to forma larger butt for the shock, the shaft 3l will be rotated in a direction to move the tines 34e away from` the longitudinal center of the machine and to movefthe tines V35 inwardly or toward the centen-'- The tines 34- and 3 5 will then engage the sheaf butts and guide them away from the longitudinal center of the machine, and will also squeeze the butts making them narrow and longer and'thereby making the butt of the shock longer. in the construction illustrated, if the crank i3 is turned in a'clockwise direction, the outer tines 35 will be moved away from the center and the inner tines 34e will be moved toward the center of the shock receptacle, and when the crank is turned in the opposite direction.

the opposite result will take place. lhen the machine is operated in short grain it will be found advisable to' move the tines Bel inwardly toward the cent-er, since the all) heightv of the `shock will. be less and therefore a smaller butt will be necessary. However', it the machine is to be operated in long grain, the butts should be spaced further apart and therefore the tines 34 should be moved away from the center or toward the sides of the receptacle in order that the sheaves which engage the inwardly curved upper ends of these tines may be carried away from vthe center, thereby forming a wid-er butt for lthe shock.

From the above description it will be seen that a simple and eiiicientfconstruction has been provided, hy means oi which theoperator may easily control the position and the shape of the shea'f butts in the receptacle, and thereby the size ot the butt ot the shock deposited.

Also, by 'making a simple adjustment, the position of the end tines may be regulated so that the V'machine will operate. equally well in long or short grain.

While we have in the above specication described one specific embodiment of this invention, it should be understood that the invention is capable of modilications, and that modilications and changes in the construction and arrangement of the various parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ot' the invention, as expressed by the following claims:

l. ln a shocking' machine, a shock receptacle, sheai'` delivery means for depositing sheaves in said receptacle, and bodily adjustable means operatively connected to said receptacle for positioning the sheaves as they are delivered to said receptacle.

2. In a shockingmachine, a shock receptacle, sheat delivery means for depositing sheaves in said receptacle. and means operatively connected to said receptacle and bodily and laterally adjustable with respect to sai-d receptacle for positioning the sheaves as they are delivered to said receptacle.

1n a shockingv machine, a shock receptacle, sheat delivery means for depositing sheaves in said receptacle, and bodily adjustable means operatively connected to said receptacle and disposed in the path ot the butts oi" the sheaves for positioning' the sheaves as they are delivered to said recepacle.

4. 1n a shocking machine, a shock receptacle, sheat delivery means tor depositing sheaves in said receptacle and laterally adjustable tines operatively connected to said receptacle and disposed adjacent the rear end thereof for positioning the butts of the sheaves as said sheaves are delivered to said receptacle.

ln a shocking` machine, a shock recep- `acle, means 'for delivering` sheaves into said receptacle. tines disposed adjacent the rear end of said receptacle and adapted to be engaged by the butts of the sheaves de` posiled therein, :ind means for adjusting the 'position ot said tines toward or from the longitudinal center of said shock receptacle.

6. ln a shocking machine, a shock receptacle, means for delivering the sheaves into said receptacle, a plu 'ality ot end tines car-` ried by said receptacle and disposed adjacent the rear end thereof, and means connecting said tines for simultaneously adjustingsaid tines in such a manner that certa-in of said tines will he moved in one direction and certain other ol said tines will he moved in the opposite direction with respect to the longitudinal center ol said shock receptacle.

T. 1n a shockingmachine` a shi. ,k receptacle, moans lor depositing` sheaves in said receptacle, a plurality oli tines disposed adjacent the rear end of said receptacle and in the path ot the butts ot the sheaves deposited therein, certain oi: said tines being; disposedl adjacent the la "al sides ot said receptacle and certain o said tines being disposed adjacent the longitudinal center ol" said receptacle, and means ifor simultaneonslyadjusting said centrally disposedtincs toward or 'trom the longitudinal center ot said receptacle.

S. ln a shocking machine, a shock recep-I tacle, means tor dejwsiting sheaves in said receptacle, she-at positioning means carried hy said receptacle, and means operatively connected to said sheat positioning means 'tor simultaneously adjusting certain ot said positioning means in one direction as certain others ot' said positioning` means are adjusted in the opposite direction with respect to the longitudinal center of said receptacle.

9. 1n a shockingmachine, a shock recep- .acle, means tor depositing sheaves therein. n'ieans disposed in the path ot the butts ot the sheaves tor positioningy said butts in said receptacle, said means comprising` a ,j

plurality of members disposed across the rear end of said receptacle, and means Jfor simultaneously oppositely adjusting adjacent members with respect to the longitudinal center oic said receptacle.

10. In a shocker, a shock receptacle, means tor depositing` sheaves in said receptacle, and means extendingv transversely with respect to the longitudinal center ot said receptacle for engaging the butts oi" the sheaves as they are deposited in said receptacle tor enlarging` the shape ot' said butts.

ll. In a shocker, a shock receptacle, means i'ior depositing sheaves in said receptacle, and means positioned transversely at the rear ot said receptacle engaging the butts ot the sheaves as they are deposited in said receptacle for enlarging` the shape ot' said bnits` lf3. 1in a shocker, a shock receptacle, means for depositing sheaves in said recep- Lil t-acle, and adjustable inwardly curved tines engaging the butts oit the sheaves as they are deposited in said receptacle for enlargine' the shape of said butts.

13. In a shocker, a shock receptacle, means for depositing' sheavesrin said receptacle, v and adjustable outwardly curved tines for engaging the shea'f butts and squeezing' said butts as they are deposited in said receptacle.

lll. In a shockingl machine, a receptacle, means toi' depositing` sheaves in said receptacle, a plurality ot' tines disposed adjacentl the rear end ot' said receptacle and in the path ot the butts oi the sheaves deposited therein? certain ot said tines being disposed adjacent the lateral sides ot said receptacle and certain of said tines being disposed adjacent the longitudinal center ot said receptacle, and means Yfor sin'niltaneously adjusting said centrally disposed tines towards said tines disposed adjacent the sides of said receptacle.

i l5. In a sl'iocking machine, a receptacle, means for depositing sheaves in said receptacle7 a plurality of tines disposed adjacent the rear end ot said receptacle and vin the path ot' the butts of the sheaves deposited therein, certain of said tines loeing disposed adjacent the lateral sides of said receptacle and certain of. said tines being disposed adjacent the longitudinal center of said re-V ceptacle, and means for simultaneously ad j listing said centrally disposed tines toward each other and adjusting said tines disposed at the side of said receptacle away from each other.

16. In a shocking machine, a receptacle` means for depositing sheaves in said ref ceptacle` a plurality of tines disposed adjacent the rear end ol' said receptacle and in the path of the butts of the sheaves deposited therein certain of said tines being disposed adjacent the lateral sides ot said receptacle and certain of said tines being disposed adjacent the longitudinal -eenter of said receptacle, and means for simultaneously adjustingsaid centrally disposed tines toward or away from each other and adjusting said tines disposed at the sides of said receptacle toward or away from each other. Y

In testimony whereof Weaftix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

`BERT R. BENJ'MIIN. CLEMMA R. RANEY.

Titnesses A. I-I. BLooM, FRANK A. ZABTLKA. 

